Aiko IshikawaAiko Ishikawa
Aiko Ishikawa

Aiko Ishikawa

Aiko Ishikawa was born in Kyoto in 1985 and was shaped by years as a costume assistant in traditional theatre, from which her oversized, calmly composed headwear portraits with a subtle touch of strangeness emerge.

Aiko Ishikawa was born in Kyoto in 1985, where she still lives and works. After training in textile design, she began as a costume assistant for a traditional theatre ensemble, where she first came into contact with historical headwear and heavy fabrics. As a photographer, she builds each piece of headwear by hand and photographs it with an extremely wide aperture against a completely blurred studio background. Her portraits seem flawlessly calm and almost too perfect, as if the camera were capturing a moment just before drawing breath. They invite you to linger in this stillness and to question your own idea of beauty anew!

by Aiko Ishikawa
by Aiko Ishikawa
by Aiko Ishikawa
About Aiko Ishikawa

Aiko Ishikawa, whose works can be found exclusively at ArtMind, has made a name for herself as an artist in fine art photography. Her style is deeply rooted in her time as a costume assistant in traditional Japanese theatre, which is reflected in the handmade, oversized headwear of her portraits. Ishikawa’s art is a call to quiet contemplation and reflects the calm that is possible behind all abundance.

Aiko Ishikawa

With her handmade headwear she creates portraits that balance between stillness and quiet exaggeration.